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Exterminating Angels

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Exterminating Angels (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 43 Fresh: 20  Rotten:23 Average Rating: 5.5/10
 
Consensus: Has no substance underneath the taboo-breaking. Explicit and shocking, but there is no substance or statement on human behavior underneath the taboo-breaking. more
 
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 7, 2007 Limited
Synopsis:
François, a filmmaker, is preparing a thriller. During screen tests for a brief nude scene with an actress, he discovers the pleasure some women can have in the transgression of minor erotic taboos. Driven by the desire to contribute something new to the cinema, he decides to make a film that... [More]
François, a filmmaker, is preparing a thriller. During screen tests for a brief nude scene with an actress, he discovers the pleasure some women can have in the transgression of minor erotic taboos. Driven by the desire to contribute something new to the cinema, he decides to make a film that mixes fiction and reality and centers on something which unexpectedly becomes an enigma and a taboo: the minor transgressions that are a source of pleasure. His research into eroticism raises basic questions. But like Icarus approaching the sun, he only burns his wings. [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Frédéric Van Den Driessche, Maroussia Dubreuil, Lise Bellynck, Marie Allan, Sophie Bonnet

Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 17, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.37

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

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A complex, confessional examination of [Jean-Claude Brisseau's] twisted, thorny and ultimately ambiguous feelings toward women and sex.

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12/20/07 07:49 AM
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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... the film is passably entertaining but dramatically inert.

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07/14/07 09:49 AM
Ted Murphy
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The cinematic equivalent of getting drenched with a splash of ice water.

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06/01/07 03:45 PM
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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It lacks any introspection to illuminate the erotic subject matter.

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05/22/07 03:15 AM
Matthew Sorrento
Film Threat
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Endless auditions get the annoying Francois nowhere closer to grasping what turns women on.

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05/11/07 04:36 PM
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's not smart enough to actually pull off what it purports to do, and it's not free enough to simply enjoy itself.

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05/10/07 09:58 PM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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Critics I admire have assured me that many of Brisseau's earlier films are less silly, more interesting, and even commendable.

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05/10/07 04:22 PM
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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The content may be dubious, but the execution is hypnotic.

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05/10/07 04:20 PM
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Little more than Lesbians Lesbians Lesbians.

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05/10/07 11:55 AM
Matt Pais
Metromix.com
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Gorgeous French silliness, yes, featuring stunning women having languorous, artful sex with each other. What was I saying? Oh yes, the silliness. Artful, gorgeous, sexy, sure, but ridiculous nonetheless.

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05/04/07 03:52 PM
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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It's hard to tell if Brisseau is a raging misogynist or a radical feminist, and what makes the movie interesting is that he's probably a little bit of both.

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04/26/07 05:56 PM
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly
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[Director] Brisseau calculatedly offsets the silliness of the surreal elements and the earnestness applied to the sex by savoring the overall absurdity.

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04/12/07 06:15 PM
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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... plenty of heat, not all that much light.

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04/12/07 03:30 AM
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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Mr. Brisseau honors the infinitely varying psyches of his female subjects. One may scoff at his voyeuristic self-indulgence, but when you come right down to it, isn’t that what the cinema is all about, one way or another?

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03/21/07 11:18 AM
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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A sexually-charged, eyebrow-raising thriller that often straddles that fine line between erotic thriller and all-out pornography.

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03/21/07 03:15 AM
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies
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Has heat but little light; it speaks of pleasure while treating it as a dirty word. The cast huffs and puffs but the exercise, sadly, remains academic.

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03/16/07 04:01 PM
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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If the movie was meant to render sympathy to Brisseau, it only reinforces how monstrously repugnant he is. The audacity to suggest his complete innocence makes the whole thing seem like black comedy, only the core sentiment is not funny.

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03/12/07 03:33 PM
George Wu
culturevulture.net
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A venture into the world of lust and love scripted with the beauty and discipline of Greek tragedy. As enthralling as it is disturbing. A must see for those who can tolerate the explicit sex.

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03/11/07 06:48 AM
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics
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Exterminating Angels is undeniably arousing.

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03/10/07 06:32 AM
Noel Murray
Onion AV Club
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Masturbation as method acting!

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03/09/07 05:56 PM
Kam Williams
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